Sentimental Value” has won the Oscar for best international film. The family drama by Joachim Trier explores an estranged family’s wounds in when a director father, who repeatedly prioritized career over family,

"Sentimental Value" from Norway has won the Oscar for Best International Feature Film at the 2026 Academy Awards.

The film, directed by Joachim Trier and written by him and Eskil Vogt, stars Renate Reinsve, Stellan Skarsgård, Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Elle Fanning and Anders Danielsen Lie.

Mr. Nobody Against Putin” has won the Oscar for best documentary feature. The film’s central figure and co-director is a teacher and activities director in a small-town school in Russia.

You can now add Oscar winner to Joachim Trier's list of accomplishments. His film Sentimental Value won best international feature film, also making history for Norway as the first Norwegian feature